Collated Related Short Posts & Quotes:

“Three types of Śiṣya:
1. The student doesn’t get started e.g. doesn’t get beyond Saṃkalpa
2. The student starts, but when there is an obstacle, stops.
3. The student starts, but when there is an obstacle, takes it as a challenge”
– T Krishnamacharya’s commentary on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 22

“It is not the request but where it is coming from.”
– TKV Desikachar on Bhagavad Gītā Chapter Two verse 7

“To raise the awareness of the pupil to Dhyāna,
the teacher must instruct the pupil during Āsana practice.”
– T Krishnamacharya 1984

“Disciples often show themselves as changeable.
One day they are passionately interested
in studying this or that Mantra and the
next day they have lost interest.”
– From interviews with T Krishnamacharya by Sarah Dars,
published in Viniyoga Review no 24, December 1989

“The pupil must be Paripāka.
– Cooked on all sides.”
– T Krishnamacharya

“As with any skill in the application
of learning, it is only through
personal transmission that the
student’s individually unique
chanting needs can be truly met,
in terms of access to and process
with all of the six phonetic crafts,
namely:
1. Varṇa – Saṃskṛta Pronouncing
2. Svara –  Musical Pitch
3. Mātrā –  Saṃskṛta Timing
4. Bala – Vocal Strength
5. Sāma – Ability to Sustain a Note
6. Saṃtāna – Continuity of Breath and Sound”
– 108 Chanting Practice Pointers

“According to the teaching priorities of both
T Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar,
meditation could only be learnt within a 121
relationship, where a practice is sculptured
and fired according to the clay of the student.”
– 108 Dhāraṇā Practice Pointers